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On previous cruises we have always booked excursions while onboard.

We are going on a Mexican Cruise next year with our Son and his family. We booked separately. We are looking to book some excursions together online.

How do we make sure we get in the same group? Also do you pay at time of booking or is it added to your onboard bill? Thanks

We have noticed that Princess over the years has become more and more informal on Formal nights. What's sad is on our last Alaska cruise

a young couple standing in line to the MDR really stood out and not for

the reason you would think. He was in a tux and she was in a knockout

Designer floor length dress.

For your first time to Alaska I would highly recommend Whale watching in Juneau and the White Pass Railroad in Skagway. Another option in Skagway is to rent a car and drive up White Pass into the Yukon as far as Emerald Lake.

Just returned from a cruise on the Sapphire. It happened to be one of there "Art Connoisseur's" cruises. They had four artist on board. James Pratt who paints with only a pallet knife. John Kelly a Turner/Monet inspired artist, Guy Buffet who does the cartoonist fat waiter paintings you see from time to time, and Nobu Haihara(sp) who paints super realistic paintings that look like photos. All were incredible. The ones we really liked were all too spendy of course.

We came close to buying "Strawberries Gone Wild" by Godard but resisted the urge. We do love his work. The Olive Series is a hoot.

As far as the auctions go, you just have to take a lot of what the auctioneer says with a grain of salt. I mean come on..a print with a "retail value" of $1100 starting at $20 bucks. Ya right.

Seen something at the last auction that struck me as crazy. An "original"

Nechita that they put up for $35,000. No one bid so they took it down.

As we were walking out of the Explorers lounge thru the back exit, they had all these painting stacked 6 deep on each side of the hallway making it rather narrow. Looked down to see this 35K Nechita, a rather small painting, just sitting on the floor. Anyone could have kicked it, spilled there drink on it, anything.